High School Sports

Firebirds second at Olathe swims

Olathe  Sydney Sirimongkhon-Dyck won the 50-yard freestyle, Courtney Caldwell won the 100 back, and Free State High won the 400 free relay as the Firebirds placed second in a loaded 15-team field at the Olathe Swimming and Diving Invitational on Friday at California Trail Middle School.

Sirimongkhon-Dyck won the 50 free in 24.98 seconds. Caldwell won the 100 back in 58.47.

And the Free State 400 free relay team of Cierra Campbell, Eliza Anderson, Lucy Sirimongkhon-Dyck and Caldwell won in 3:40.4.

Shawnee Mission East won the team title with 270 points, and Free State was second with 206.

Lawrence High was eighth with 75.

The Lions’ top individual finisher was Gretchen Frick, who placed fourth in the 500 free in 5:23.01.